Microsoft Windows 8 to give a boost to ARM

Microsoft verified that its upcoming Windows 8 wil be integrated with ARM structure, utilized in cell gadgets and a few cabinets. For the Redmond, “the brand new present hardware essential to work with new companions.” Home windows eight, then again, must now not occur except subsequent 12 months available on the market.

Steve Ballmer Steve Jobs is not.Microsoft boss does not usually reserve ad crashing during his traditional keynote address opening the Consumer Electronics Show, the show tech Las Vegas.

Ballmer still deviated slightly from this rule this year.During its lengthy presentation, he insisted on showing several prototypes of PCs running with the next version of Windows. No surprise in the interface, since it is the Windows 7 that was displayed. But all these computers turned with ARM architecture, not x86, clean all PCs today.

President of Windows and Windows Live Division, Steven Sinofsky, demonstrated an early build of Windows 8 running on both System-on-a-chip (SoC) platforms from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM, and as well as x86.

Happy New Year everyone! At CES 2011 in Las Vegas, we hosted a press conference announcing that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip architectures from Intel, AMD, and ARM. We announced that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments. On the x86 architecture, Intel and AMD continue their work on low-power SoC designs that fully support Windows, including support for x86 applications. SoC architectures will fuel significant innovation across the hardware spectrum when coupled with the depth and breadth of the Windows platform. We are making this announcement now so that our ecosystem can start working together to enable the widest possible range of devices, from tablets on up, to ship with the next version of Windows. More detail about this exciting news is available in our press release and this Q&A with Windows & Windows Live president Steven Sinofsky.

Microsoft has indeed announced that the next Windows will be able to run on System on a Chip (SoC), these “systems on a chip” that equip smartphones and touch pads. We saw the upcoming Windows run with a chip Qualcomm Snapdragon – which equips many HTC phones – on a SoC Texas Instruments OMAP, or on a Nvidia Tegra 2.

For Microsoft, it is a movement of importance, that opens the doors of Windows to new partners and allow the OS to be focused on devices for more and more autonomous, especially touch pads.

New features for KINECTS

Steve Ballmer also welcomed the success of KINECTS:

“We had planned to sell 5 million, we have sold 8 million”stating that 2010 was a vintage year for the Xbox to date, some 50 million copies were sold.

A new function for KINECTS by going to emerge in the coming months: Avatar KINECTS allow Xbox users to chat with their friends through their avatar …. KINECTS win passage in the recognition of facial expressions. KINECTS avatar will be available to all Xbox Live Gold subscribers, free of charge. Applause from the room for two other news, unfortunately exclusively American: the compatibility of future video services on demand with Netflix and HuluPlus KINECTS.

LAS VEGAS — Jan. 5, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced at 2011 International CES that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. On the x86 architecture, Intel Corporation and AMD continue their work on low-power SoC designs that fully support Windows, including support for native x86 applications. SoC architectures will fuel significant innovation across the hardware spectrum when coupled with the depth and breadth of the Windows platform.

At today’s announcement, Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows running on new SoC platforms from Intel running on x86 architecture and from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM architecture. The technology demonstration included Windows client support across a range of scenarios, such as hardware-accelerated graphics and media playback, hardware-accelerated Web browsing with the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer, USB device support, printing and other features customers have come to expect from their computing experience. Microsoft Office running natively on ARM also was shown as a demonstration of the full depth and breadth of Windows platform capabilities on ARM architecture.

Windows will continue its industry-leading support across the widest possible set of devices, delivering the breadth and choice that customers demand. Intel and AMD continue to evolve and improve the x86 platforms, including new low-power systems, and advance new designs such as the recently announced 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family and AMD’s Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs). NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are joining Microsoft to provide ARM-based designs for the first time.

“With today’s announcement, we’re showing the flexibility and resiliency of Windows through the power of software and a commitment to world-class engineering. We continue to evolve Windows to deliver the functionality customers demand across the widest variety of hardware platforms and form factors,” said Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft.

SoC architectures consolidate the major components of a computing device onto a single package of silicon. This consolidation enables smaller, thinner devices while reducing the amount of power required for the device, increasing battery life and making possible always-on and always-connected functionality. With support of SoC in the next version of the Windows client, Microsoft is enabling industry partners to design and deliver the widest range of hardware ever.

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Unfortunately though, all attendees at the press conference were strictly prohibited from taking cameras inside, therefore no video demos were tapped.

Few events and figures on Windows Phone 7. Too bad! It was expected to provide further information on the update that will allow the copy and paste to be held “in the coming months” . However, we were treated to a demo of the function, which apparently works with all applications, including those downloaded from Windows Marketplace Phone.